NAME

SYNOPSIS

/etc/grossd.conf

DESCRIPTION

grossd(8) reads configuration data from /etc/grossd.conf (or the file
specified with -f on the command line). An example configuration file
is installed by default. You have to set some configuration options in
order to get grossd(8) running in your environment. The format is as
follows:
name = value [ ; param ] ...
Not all options accept parameters - refer to individual descriptions.
The comment separator is `#', everything after it is ignored by the
config file parser.
Networkconfigurationoptionshost
is the address the server should listen for queries. Default is
`localhost'.
port
is the port the server should listen for queries. Default is 5525.
sync_listen
is the address to listen for communication with the peer. It
defaults to the host setting.
sync_peer
is the address of the peer used when running in clustered mode.
sync_port
is the tcp port number to listen to and connect to in communication
with the peer. Default is 5524.
status_host
is the address grossd(8) listens for status queries. Default is
`localhost'.
status_port
is the port number grossd(8) listens for status queries. Default
is 5522.
protocol
activates the server protocols grossd(8) will support. Valid
settings are `sjsms', `postfix' and `milter'.
milter_listen
is the socket address for the Milter service. The format is
`proto:port@host'. Refer to Milter documentation for the
specifics.
Coreserveroptions
You can probably leave the default values for these settings. If your
daily mail flow exceeds millions of messages per day you may want to
tweak query_timelimit and/or pool_maxthreads. If you run grossd(8) in
a server with limited memory you may want to adjust filter_bits.
filter_bits
is the size of the Bloom filter. The size will be 2^filter_bits.
Lowering this value will increase the probability of false matches
in each individual filter. Default is 24.
number_buffers
is the number of Bloom filters used in the ring queue. Raising
this value will cause an entry to stay in the server's memory
longer. Default is 8.
rotate_interval
is the number of seconds between Bloom filter rotations. Let N:=number_buffers and I:=rotate_interval. An entry will stay in the
server's memory for N-0.5*I seconds on average. Defaults to
3600 seconds (one hour).
update
is the way server updates the database. Valid options are `grey'
and `always'. If set to `grey', which is the default, grossd(8)
will update the database only if the response is `STATUS_GREY'.
Setting it to `always' may reduce the impact on DNS servers.
grey_mask
is the mask for grossd(8) to use when matching the `smtp-client-ip'
against the database. Default is 24, which makes grossd(8) to
treat addresses like a.b.c.d as a.b.c.0. Setting grey_mask to 32
makes grossd(8) to require that consecutive attempts are made from
the same `smtp-client-ip'.
statefile
is the full path of the file that the server uses to store the
state information. Default is not to have a statefile. You may
want to configure a statefile especially if you do not configure
replication.
pidfile
is the full path of the file grossd(8) writes its pid into. You
can set parameter `check', if you want to keep grossd(8) from
starting should pidfile already exist.

Queryconstraints

grey_delay
is the time in seconds new triplets are kept on the greylist.
Default is 180.
query_timelimit
is the query timeout in milliseconds. You may have to adjust this
if you exceed millions of queries a day.
pool_maxthreads
is the maximum threadcount per pool. You may have to raise the
limit from the default if you get more than 100 queries per second
and/or have slow DNS servers. The rule of thumb is to decide how
many queries you want grossd(8) to be able to handle per second,
and multiply that with query_timelimit (in seconds, of course). It
defaults to 100.
Configuringserverresponsesblock_threshold
is the threshold after which grossd(8) sends a permanent error to
the client. Every check that considers `smtp-client-ip' as
suspicious returns a value (check weight). When sum of these
values gets equivalent or greater than block_thresholdgrossd(8)
sends a STATUS_BLOCK response. Default is 0 which disables this
functionality.
block_reason
is the reason given when client is too suspicious, see
block_threshold. Default is "Bad reputation".
grey_threshold
is analogous to block_threshold, except at the threshold grossd(8)
sends a STATUS_GREY response. Default is 1. If set to 0 grossd(8)
will greylist by default. This makes it possible to combine a
traditional greylister and rbl checks.
grey_reason
is the reason given when client is suspicious enough to be
greylisted, see grey_threshold. Default is "Please try again
later.".
Loggingoptionslog_method
is used to choose the logging method. Currently the only
implemented method is `syslog', which is the default.
log_level
sets the logging verbosity. Possible values in the order of
increasing verbosity are `error', `warning', `notice', `info' and
`debug'. log_level defaults to `info'.
syslog_facility
is the facility syslog sends log messages with. It defaults to
`mail'.
stat_type
is the name of the requested statistic. It is of multivalued type.
The valid options are:
`full' log all possible statistics,
`none' no statistics logging,
`status' basic set of statistics,
`since_startup' basic set since the startup and
`delay' log processing delay statistics.
Default is `none'. Setting both `none' and `full' is undefined.
stat_interval
is the number of seconds between status log entries. Default is
3600.
Configuringcheckscheck
is a multivalued option, that is, you can configure multiple checks
by setting check option multiple times. Currently implemented
checks are `dnsbl', `dnswl', `rhsbl' and `blocker'. Refer to
sections describing the checks below. If you don't configure any
checks grossd(8) will act as a traditional greylisting server.
dnsbl
is a DNS domain name of the dnsbl that `dnsbl' check will query.
There are no defaults, but the default configuration file lists a
few as an example. If you have any locally administered block
lists then you should be aware that grossd(8) makes all queries as
fully qualified. You may assign different weights for the dnsbls,
default weight is 1. Refer to grey_threshold and block_threshold
about the weights. dnsbl is a multivalued option.
dnswl
is analogous to dnsbl. Remember that dnswl is a definitive check,
that is grossd(8) waits for the check to complete before deciding
how to respond. This may cause unwanted latency, although you can
adjust the maximum latency by query_timelimit option. dnswl is
highly recommended if you use grossd(8) as a traditional
greylister. This is a multivalued option.
rhsbl
is analogous to dnsbl, but the check is made with the right hand
side of the sender address (the email domain) instead of the IP
address. This is a multivalued option.
blocker_host
is the host name of the Sophos blocker server. This is used only
if check = `blocker' is set.
blocker_port
is the TCP port of the Sophos blocker service. Default is 4466.
blocker_weight
is the weight of the blocker check. See description of
grey_threshold and block_threshold regarding the weights.
SunJavaSystemMessagingServerspecificoptions
You may configure the responses grossd(8) sends over to grosscheck
library.
sjsms_response_grey
is the mapping result template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_GREY
result. Default is `$X4.4.3|$N%reason%', where `%reason%' is the
template for the reason string.
sjsms_response_match
is the mapping result template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_MATCH
result. Default is `$Y'.
sjsms_response_trust
is the mapping result template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_TRUST
result. Default is `$Y'.
sjsms_response_block
is the mapping result template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_BLOCK
result. Default is `$N%reason%', where `%reason%' is the template
for the reason string.
Postfixspecificoptionspostfix_response_grey
is the response template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_GREY result.
Default is `action=defer_if_permit %reason%', where `%reason' is
the template for the reason string.
postfix_response_block
is the response template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_BLOCK result.
Default is `action=reject %reason%', where `%reason' is the
template for the reason string.